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Monument details

Summary

Second World war concrete defensive pillbox (type 24) built in 1940 on a field boundary south of Buckland Road, to command its junction with Lillechurch and Gore Green Roads, Higham.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1944 AD?)

Full description

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Second World War concrete defensive pillbox (Type 24), built in 1940 on a field boundary south of Buckland Road, to command its junction with Lillechurch and Gore Green Roads, Higham. It was one of three anti-invasion pillboxes sited to command this junction and to impede enemy vehicle and troop access. On its internal walls are traces of the fixings for timber shelving on which the defenders would have rested their arms when firing their rifles through the loopholes.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : Informally accessible from along field boundary but on private land
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 28/02/06

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This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "Second World War concrete type 24 pillbox within an old hedge line between Buckland Road and Lillechurch Road. Condition: Recorded on 1947 aerial photographs but is under tree cover on later photographs. Recorded during the Defence of Britain Project." (2)

28/02/06, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13976.

28/02/06, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13976.

<2> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31599.

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